# 2010 Omaha Nighthawks season

The 2010 Omaha Nighthawks season was the first season for the United Football League franchise. The team finished with a 3–5 record and last in the league.

## Offseason
### Expansion draft

2010 Omaha Nighthawks expansion draft selections :
| Player name | Position | College | Former team |
| P. J. Alexander | OG | Syracuse | Florida |
| Willie Andrews | S | Baylor | Florida |
| Martin Bibla | OG | Miami (FL) | Las Vegas |
| Wendell Bryant | DT | Wisconsin | Las Vegas |
| Mike Fladell | OT | Rutgers | New York Sentinels |
| Ryan Hoag | WR | Gustavus Adolphus | New York Sentinels |
| Christian Hopkins | TE | Toledo | New York Sentinels |
| Ross Kolodziej | DT | Wisconsin | Las Vegas |
| Fred Matua | OG | Southern California | Florida |
| Terrell Maze | CB | San Diego State | New York Sentinels |
| Adrian McCovy | LB | Arizona | California |
| Frank Murphy | WR | Kansas State | Florida |
| Ryan Neufeld | TE | UCLA | Florida |
| Josh Savage | DE | Utah | Florida |
| Adam Speer | OG | Oregon State | California |
| Gary Stills | LB | West Virginia | Las Vegas |
| Craphonso Thorpe | WR | Florida State | New York Sentinels |
| DeJuan Tribble | CB | Boston College | Florida |
| Shaud Williams | RB | Alabama | Florida |
| Willie Williams | DT | Louisville | Florida |

### UFL draft

2010 Omaha Nighthawks UFL Draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Dewayne White | DE | Louisville |
| 2 | 6 | Chike Okeafor | DE | Purdue |
| 3 | 11 | Shawn Andrews | OT | Arkansas |
| 4 | 16 | Adrian Jones | OT | Kansas |
| 5 | 21 | Kenny Peterson | DT | Ohio State |
| 6 | 26 | Ronald Curry | WR | North Carolina |
| 7 | 35 | DeMarcus Faggins | CB | Kansas State |
| 8 | 39 | Devard Darling | WR | Washington State |
| 9 | 43 | Nate Webster | LB | Miami (FL) |
| 10 | 47 | Frank Walker | CB | Tuskegee |
| 11 | 51 | Hollis Thomas | DT | Northern Illinois |
| 12 | 60 | Nick Ferguson | S | Georgia Tech |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance | TV |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | Friday, September 24 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Hartford Colonials | W 27–26 | 1–0 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,067 | HDNet |
| 3 | Saturday, October 2 | 7:30 p.m. CT | Sacramento Mountain Lions | W 20–17 | 2–0 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,416 | HDNet |
| 4 | Friday, October 8 | 9:00 p.m. CT | at Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–22 | 2–1 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 9,767 | HDNet |
| 5 | Saturday, October 16 | 2:00 p.m. CT | at Hartford Colonials | W 19–14 | 3–1 | Rentschler Field | 14,056 | NESN |
| 6 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 7 | Thursday, October 28 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 10–24 | 3–2 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 23,554 | HDNet |
| 8 | Friday, November 5 | 7:00 p.m. CT | at Florida Tuskers | L 14–31 | 3–3 | Citrus Bowl | 9,203 | HDNet |
| 9 | Saturday, November 13 | 10:00 p.m. CT | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 3–41 | 3–4 | Hornet Stadium | 20,000 | Versus |
| 10 | Friday, November 19 | 7:30 p.m. CT | Florida Tuskers | L 10–27 | 3–5 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 21,106 | HDNet |

## Standings

United Football League :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| y-Las Vegas Locomotives | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 174 | 142 | L2 |
| y-Florida Tuskers | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 213 | 136 | W3 |
| x-Sacramento Mountain Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 169 | 164 | W2 |
| x-Hartford Colonials | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 169 | 194 | W1 |
| x-Omaha Nighthawks | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 113 | 202 | L4 |
y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL championship game berth x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

## Game summaries
### Week 2: vs. Hartford Colonials

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Nighthawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska
* Date: Friday, September 24
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CT
* Game attendance: 23,067
* Referee: Chris Snead
* TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
* Recap
Game information :
1st Quarter
HAR – Tyson DeVree 14-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:00
OMA – Rendrick Taylor 10-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:54
2nd Quarter
HAR – Taurus Johnson 6-yard pass from Ryan Perrilloux (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 10:05
OMA – Jeff Wolfert 26-yard field goal, 1:13
HAR – Patrick Carter 35-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick failed), 0:13
3rd Quarter
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 37-yard field goal, 5:53
4th Quarter
OMA – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 14:13
OMA – Devard Darling 2-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 8:05
HAR – Taylor Mehlhaff 25-yard field goal, 2:43
OMA – Robert Ferguson 12-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 0:06
Passing
HAR – Josh McCown – 22/25, 264 yards, 2 TD
OMA – Jeff Garcia – 23/40, 226 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
HAR – Andre Dixon – 21 car, 59 yards
OMA – Ahman Green – 12 car, 49 yards
Receiving
HAR – Lorenzo Booker – 5 rec, 50 yards
OMA – Devard Darling – 5 rec, 48 yards, 1 TD :
In what is regarded as the best UFL game played so far, Jeff Garcia completed a pass to Robert Ferguson with six seconds left to give the Nighthawks a win 27–26.